Audio & Video Production All In One Location

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. We serve a variety of businesses from manufacturers and retailers to government agencies and non-profit organizations. We have created video productions for clients in the United States, England, Russia, Europe Africa, Australia and Japan. They include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Intel, Aglient Technologies, Hewlett Packard, KVAL Equipment Manufactures and others. We have earned a reputation with our clients and the industry for creative television advertising, effective training videos, video DVD, video CD, web page design and video for the web.

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Look for a producer who has experience and ask for references. There are a lot of companies that just produce wedding videos and there is a world of difference between a wedding video and a TV commercial, training video or an internet video. Make sure the company you are choosing has the qualifications you are looking for.

Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?

A. There are steps for creating a great commercial or video production. If you are producing a commercial make sure that the commercial sells your product. Humor is great but make sure it is not just funny it also has to sell your product. When you see the final product do you remember what it is selling.
Long format videos should follow steps to make sure everything is covered and nothing is left out. Start with an outline
Write the audio script
If you are not using on camera talent, have an announcer record the audio
Listen to the audio and if need be make additions or subtractions
Write a storyboard to fit the audio
Time out each video s scene you know how long to shoot each scene
Shoot the video footage needed to fit the audio
Edit the audio and video together into the finished product
If you follow each of these steps you will not be surprised with the finished video. It will be exactly what you expected.

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. Do some research as to how much a production like yours should cost. Remember talent gets paid as well as the producer. On camera talent is more expensive than a voiceover announcer. These are additional expenses and should not be over looked. For example if you want camels and dancing girls in your production, be ready to pay for them.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. It takes talent to produce quality TV commercials and Long form videos. Ask for references and check them out. Anyone can type up their own references and in this business there seems to be a lot of that going on. Remember you get what you pay for. The most expensive things in the world are a cheap account, a cheap brain surgeon and a cheap video producer. There is a reason they are cheaper than anyone else, find out why. In my case we can produce videos less expensively because we are located outside the major metropolitan areas, Jack Barry Audio and Video Production's lower overhead has helped cut client's advertising and production costs - without sacrificing quality.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. I was a radio announcer for 20 years and decided to start and advertising agency. I soon learned that having an audio and video production company were essential to being able to provide quality productions for my clients. I felt that I needed to know all aspects of my company and so I learned from some of the businesses top video producers all who worked for me.

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. I was producing a number of testimonial videos for a client and we interview 5 couples for the commercial. After all of the production was finished one of the interviewees passed away. The wife asked if she could have a copy of all of the video we shot of her husband as there were a lot of bloopers and unused shots of her husband. This was the only video she had of her husband and it meant a lot to her.